1979–80 Rugby League Premiership

The 1979–80 Rugby League Premiership was the sixth end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.

1979–80 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Bradford Northern

The winners were Widnes.

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
26 Apr	Bradford Northern	St Helens	30-0
27 Apr	Hull F.C.	Leigh	0-8
27 Apr	Salford	Leeds	13-27
27 Apr	Widnes	Hull Kingston Rovers	20-10

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
6 May	Leeds	Widnes	14-4
7 May	Leigh	Bradford Northern	12-14
11 May	Bradford Northern	Leigh	17-4
11 May	Widnes	Leeds	14-3

Final

17 May 1980

Widnes	19-5	Bradford Northern
T-Wright, Aspey, Bentley, Elwell, Gorley G-Burke; DG-Eckersley, Elwell		T-Redfearn DG-Mumby

Station Road, Swinton Attendance: 10,215

1 Mick Burke 2 Stuart Wright 3 Derek "Mick" George 4 Mal Aspey 5 Keith Bentley 6 David Eckersley 7 Reg Bowden 8 Glyn Shaw 9 Keith Elwell 10 Mike O'Neill 11 Les Gorley 12 David Hull 13 Mick Adams Substitutions: 14 Brian Hogan for David Hull 15 unused Coach: Doug Laughton

1 Keith Mumby 2 Ian MacLean/Ian McLean 3 David Redfearn 4 Derek Parker 5 Leslie "Les" Gant 6 Nigel Stephenson 7 Alan Redfearn 8 Jimmy Thompson 9 John Keith Bridges 10 Colin Forsyth 11 Geoffrey Clarkson 12 Jeff Grayshon 13 Gary Hale Substitutions: 14 Stephen/Steven "Steve" Ferres for Ian MacLean/Ian McLean 15 Gary Van Bellen for Geoffrey Clarkson Coach: Peter Fox